Early Online: The Curious Case of Aistija (2024)
“The nascent Aistijan movement centred around the idea of establishing a Latvian–Lithuanian state following the Second World War. This article surveys the background of the...
Precarious Roads to Recognition (2022)
“This article introduces the special issue marking the centenary of de jure recognition extended to the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian governments by the United States...
Baltic Ways Podcast: “Latvian-Lithuanian Connections from Morta to Modernity”
Baltic Ways, Ep. 17: Latvian-Lithuanian Connections from Morta to Modernity: An interview with James Montgomery Baxenfield “How have Latvian and Lithuanian histories intertwined over the last...
Book Review: Defining Latvia (2022), edited by Michael Loader, Siobhán Hearne, and Matthew Kott.
“This book emerges from a conference – ‘Latvia at Crossroads: The Centenary of the Latvian State’ – held at Uppsala University in October 2018 to...
Book Review: An illustrated history of Lithuania, Vol. 1 (2022), by Ignas Kapleris
“In his introduction, Ignas Kapleris remarks that ‘We live in the 21st century surrounded by modern digital technologies that are changing the conventional understanding of...
Dissertation Grant from AABS
Congratulations to James Montgomery Baxenfield, recipient of the 2023–2024 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) awarded James...
From Here to Aistija (2022)
“Ideas to unite the Latvian and Lithuanian nations within a single state are little-known episodes of the twentieth century. This idea is generally traced back...
Book Review: Fragmentation in East Central Europe (2020), by Klaus Richter
“Richter’s book – recently awarded the 2022 AABS Book Prize – examines the reshaping of political borders within east-central Europe as a consequence of the...
“The New Issue of Acta Historica Tallinnensia is Dedicated to the Centenary of the Recognition of the Baltic States”
Overview of the Acta Historica Tallinnensia, Vol. 28, No. 2, “Recognition: de facto and de jure” (2022), which marks the centenary of the de jure...
“How to Research the Establishment and Recognition of a State?”
Estonian Academy of Sciences interview with the guest editors of Acta Historica Tallinnensia Vol. 28, No. 2 “Recognition: de facto and de jure” (2022) special...